Top Ten All Time Players In 15th

Tubby Hater · 03-15-2007, 12:39 AM

Lets hear your thoughts on this one guys

Tubby Hater · 03-15-2007, 12:45 AM

I'll give you mine

1. King Kelly Coleman
2. Todd May
3. John Pelphrey
4. Ervin Stepp
5. Pat Talent
6. Jody Thompson
7. Bruce Mullins
8. Jeremy Hall
9. Pete Grigsby
10. Jerry Fultz

I know I am forgetting many great players let me hear your thoughts

**Wyatt Earp** · 03-15-2007, 08:44 AM

I see you added Jerry Fultz to the list. He also played at Wayland in the late 60's and went to Southwestern La. to begin his college career. Back in the 60's and 70's there was not near the coverage of players and schools as we have today. No one heard of many of these players that were really good players. Johnny Martin at Allen Central was a good player that teamed up with maybe the best of the best in a guy named Jerry Manns at Garrett High School.

~~rooster~~ · 03-15-2007, 09:04 AM

Charles Henry Osborne of Flat Gap.

He is the second all time leading scorer in Kentucky High School basketball history, trailing only King Kelly Coleman.

Moe · 03-15-2007, 02:19 PM

JR Vanhoose has to be on the list, he was Mr. Basketball in Kentucky. Rudy Thacker from Maytown wasn't to shabby eighter.

**Wyatt Earp** · 03-15-2007, 05:49 PM

Rudy was a great guard in the true meaning of what you would want from a player. He went on to play for Vandy after graduating from Maytown( Allen Central ) and was a starter there around 1970. Team first player and did not care how they could get a win or who scored.

**Old School** · 03-15-2007, 07:29 PM

rooster Wrote:Charles Henry Osborne of Flat Gap.

He is the second all time leading scorer in Kentucky High School basketball history, trailing only King Kelly Coleman.

I glad you mentioned Charlie he was an oustanding player at Flat Gap H.S. he also went on to play at at Western Kentucky and was elected into their Hall of Fame a couple of years ago. He was also drafted into the NBA.

Another name is Donny Butcher of Meade Memorial H.S. Donny went on to play at Pikeville College and played for about 10 years in the NBA with New York and Detroit

**-STAT-** · 03-15-2007, 07:43 PM

Wyatt Earp Wrote:I see you added Jerry Fultz to the list. He also played at Wayland in the late 60's and went to Southwestern La. to begin his college career. Back in the 60's and 70's there was not near the coverage of players and schools as we have today. No one heard of many of these players that were really good players. Johnny Martin at Allen Central was a good player that teamed up with maybe the best of the best in a guy named Jerry Manns at Garrett High School.

So Johnny played at Garrett?

**-STAT-** · 03-15-2007, 07:44 PM

And Rudy Thacker was an awesome player out here at Maytown. He led the nation in FT% at Vanderbilt when he was there. He is a great person to talk to, told me alot of great stories.

**Wyatt Earp** · 03-15-2007, 10:17 PM

-STATS- Wrote:And Rudy Thacker was an awesome player out here at Maytown. He led the nation in FT% at Vanderbilt when he was there. He is a great person to talk to, told me alot of great stories.

These guys are all good individuals that represented the area in a positve manner. They added more than basketball to the big picture.

**-STAT-** · 03-15-2007, 10:32 PM

Wyatt Earp Wrote:These guys are all good individuals that represented the area in a positve manner. They added more than basketball to the big picture.

Couldnt have said it better.

Tubby Hater · 03-15-2007, 11:35 PM

Everybody talks about the 15th region players in the last 20 years but those guys couldnt hold a light to the old timers. Also I need to mention Jimmy Cox, the father of the JBS guard Tate Cox, he was a great player for Garrett. Speaking of Johnny Martin and Jerry Manns those guys were guards under 6 feet tall that could dunk with anybody. My dad was the center on that Garrett team and he talks about how Jerry Manns could dunk anyway he wanted and he was only about 5 feet 9 inches.

Tubby Hater · 03-15-2007, 11:36 PM

Pat Talent was on Rupp's Runts

~~rooster~~ · 03-16-2007, 12:34 AM

Old School Wrote:I glad you mentioned Charlie he was an oustanding player at Flat Gap H.S. he also went on to play at at Western Kentucky and was elected into their Hall of Fame a couple of years ago. He was also drafted into the NBA.

Another name is Donny Butcher of Meade Memorial H.S. Donny went on to play at Pikeville College and played for about 10 years in the NBA with New York and Detroit

Here are a couple of links:

http://www.hilltopperhaven.com/legends/osborne.html

http://johnsoncountykyhistory.com/pix/osborne.html

Moe · 03-16-2007, 01:29 AM

Speaking of Jerry Manns, didn't he actually spend some time in the service before playing at ALC I believe.

Doc Holliday · 03-16-2007, 02:27 AM

Guys Grady Wallace must have been pretty good went on to have an outstanding career at South Carolina, lead nation in scoring.
Bruce Belcher had 44 pt and 41 rebounds for Wheelwright against Pikeville, and went on to play at Marshall.
Jim Rose of Wheelwright was an all american at Georgia Southern

~~SportsFan80~~ · 03-16-2007, 03:24 AM

I noticed a familiar name on that list, Pete Grigsby. Someone told me that he played for UK in his college years, but I havent found anything proving that. If someone has any proof, I would love to see it.

**Wyatt Earp** · 03-16-2007, 07:17 AM

SportsFan80 Wrote:I noticed a familiar name on that list, Pete Grigsby. Someone told me that he played for UK in his college years, but I havent found anything proving that. If someone has any proof, I would love to see it.

Pete went to Uk in the early 50's and like most Kentucky boy's I believe his dream was to play for UK and Rupp. He was there when they had the Fab 5 I think and was not going to see but very little action. He transferred to Kentucky Wesleyan where he did play. He was an All Stater at Martin High School ( Allen Central ). Geri was better than Pete and he will tell you that.

kyrifle · 03-16-2007, 11:49 AM

Tubby Hater Wrote:Pat Talent was on Rupp's Runts

Pat Talent didn't play at UK, his brother Bob did however have a short stint there.

Big Jim · 03-16-2007, 12:29 PM

Bob Porter is on my list...always. The mayor was a 2 year starter at Baylor in the late 60's. Of course, I'm biased. Wink

~~SportsFan80~~ · 03-16-2007, 04:12 PM

Thanks Wyatt Earp, I appreciate the info. I saw the stats of Geri on the khsaa records site, and I can see, she was a heck of a player by the stats I saw.

**Old School** · 03-16-2007, 06:59 PM

Carroll Burchett played for Flat Gap in the late 50's and went on to play for Coach Rupp amd started his juinor and senior years.

~~rooster~~ · (This post was last modified: 03-16-2007, 09:35 PM by rooster.)

Old School Wrote:Carroll Burchett played for Flat Gap in the late 50's and went on to play for Coach Rupp amd started his juinor and senior years.

He also had the unenviable task of guarding Ohio State's Jerry Lucas in the NCAA tournament the year that Ohio State won the National Championship. Also played with my father and uncle at Flat Gap.

Cant wait to hear all of the "who is Jerry Lucas?" comments. lol

**Wyatt Earp** · 03-17-2007, 09:11 AM

rooster Wrote:He also had the unenviable task of guarding Ohio State's Jerry Lucas in the NCAA tournament the year that Ohio State won the National Championship. Also played with my father and uncle at Flat Gap.

Cant wait to hear all of the "who is Jerry Lucas?" comments. lol

Here we go with the age thing. Jerry Lucas played on what was considered one of the best teams ever at Ohio State and recognized for having John Havlicek who went on to play for the Celtics for years, Coach Bobby Knight, Mel Noel and Larry Siegfreid also were on that team that won it in 1960 and were runner-up to Cincinnati in 61 I think. Lucas was I believe the player of the year in college basketball and then played for the Cincinnati Royals and later the Knicks when they went to the NBA finals. He was about 6ft 8in and had bad knees but could shoot really well for someone at the time considered so big. My brother played golf with him in Florida a couple of years ago and he was very active in christian work. My brother is as bad a golfer as Lucas was good in basketball. I remember the name Carrol Burchett and it is good to get on here and see some of the names that made basketball great in this state. Speaking of Bob Tallent he played for and started for UK then transferred to George Washington and went on to play in the ABA I believe for a little while. The Tallent's were something else as a group of brothers (4) that were great in basketball and could play anything (even a guitar ).

~~rooster~~ · 03-17-2007, 09:36 AM

Wyatt Earp Wrote:Here we go with the age thing. Jerry Lucas played on what was considered one of the best teams ever at Ohio State and recognized for having John Havlicek who went on to play for the Celtics for years, Coach Bobby Knight, Mel Noel and Larry Siegfreid also were on that team that won it in 1960 and were runner-up to Cincinnati in 61 I think. Lucas was I believe the player of the year in college basketball and then played for the Cincinnati Royals and later the Knicks when they went to the NBA finals. He was about 6ft 8in and had bad knees but could shoot really well for someone at the time considered so big. My brother played golf with him in Florida a couple of years ago and he was very active in christian work. My brother is as bad a golfer as Lucas was good in basketball. I remember the name Carrol Burchett and it is good to get on here and see some of the names that made basketball great in this state. Speaking of Bob Tallent he played for and started for UK then transferred to George Washington and went on to play in the ABA I believe for a little while. The Tallent's were something else as a group of brothers (4) that were great in basketball and could play anything (even a guitar ).

lol.....I'll bet if you asked maybe 20 kids under the age of 18, that are all baketball fans of today's game, that maybe one might be able to tell you who Jerry Lucas was.

I wouldn't wager any of my money on that however. Smile

stinger · 03-17-2007, 04:18 PM

Any of you guys remember Jamie Hamilton from Pike Central? Averaged about 30 a game and beat out J.R. Vanhoose for 15th region player of the year.He's a good friend of mine came down here to Magoffin one night and dumped 47 on us.

Moe · 03-17-2007, 05:36 PM

VanHoose was 15th region POY as well as Mr. Basketball, he didn't beat him out.

Tubby Hater · 03-18-2007, 03:50 PM

Your right kyrifle it was Bob that was on Rupps Runts.

**Mr. Baseball** · 03-18-2007, 04:29 PM

I am surprised no one mentioned Lowell Hughes.

**-STAT-** · 03-18-2007, 04:43 PM

SportsFan80 Wrote:I noticed a familiar name on that list, Pete Grigsby. Someone told me that he played for UK in his college years, but I havent found anything proving that. If someone has any proof, I would love to see it.

Yes he did play at UK. Him and my Grandpa who is passed away now were the best of friends and growing up I heard alot of great great stories about Pete Jr. and my Grandpa which I will never forget. Pete is a great person to talk to and so was my Grandpa.